Rare safety:   Linebacker Lemar Marshall sacked Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck in the end zone on a delayed blitz for a safety in the third quarter.  It was Cincinnati's first safety since Oct. 29, 2000, when Cleveland's Roman Oben was called for holding defensive end Vaughn Booker in the end zone.

Curious explanation:   After the Bengals scored the touchdown that put them ahead 21-17, coach Marvin Lewis elected to go for the two-point conversion. The play failed when Kenny Watson was pushed out of bounds.  It was a puzzling decision. If an extra-point kick had succeeded, Cincinnati would have needed only a field goal to win the game if it had gotten the ball with a minute to play following Seattle's touchdown. As it was, a field goal would only have tied it. Glenn Holt's fumble on the Seahawks' ensuing kickoff made it a moot point.

Lewis' explanation for why he went for two points probably didn't clear things up.  "By going for two, it gives an opportunity later in the game to put some different things on the table," he said.

Challenge snuffed out:   The Bengals believed they might have created a turnover on Seattle's winning touchdown drive. Hasselbeck appeared to have caught his own deflection and fumbled when tackled by defensive tackle Michael Myers, who recovered the ball.  The play was ruled incomplete, and when the Bengals tried to use a replay-challenge, they were told they could not challenge that type of call.

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